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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | {{Short description|Indian politician}}{{BLP sources|date=July 2021}} | ||
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| image = File:The Minister for Home and Jails, Andhra Pradesh, Smt. Sabitha Indra Reddy addressing the gathering during Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, at Maheswaram, Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh on August 03, 2010.jpg | |||
| name = Sabitha Indra Reddy | | name = Sabitha Indra Reddy | ||
| office = [[Minister of Education]] | | office =[[Minister of Education]] | ||
<br />[[Government of Telangana]] | <br />[[Government of Telangana]] | ||
| office1 = Minister of Home, Jail, and Disaster Management<br />[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] | | office1 = Minister of Home, Jail, and Disaster Management<br />[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] | ||
| honorific_prefix = | | honorific_prefix = | ||
| termstart = 8 | | termstart = 8 September 2019 | ||
| termend1 = 2013 | | termend1 = 2013 | ||
| termstart1= 2009 | | termstart1 = 2009 | ||
| office2 = Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Chevella]] | | office2 = Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Chevella]] | ||
| office3 = Minister of Mines and Geology<br />[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] | | office3 = Minister of Mines and Geology<br />[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] | ||
| termend2 = 2009 | | termend2 = 2009 | ||
| termstart2 = | | termstart2 = 2000 | ||
| termend3 = 2009 | | termend3 = 2009 | ||
| termstart3 = | | termstart3 = 2004 | ||
| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1963|5|5|df=yes}} | | birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1963|5|5|df=yes}} | ||
| birth_place = | | birth_place =Kota Baspally, Tandur | ||
| nationality = Indian | | nationality = Indian | ||
| spouse = Late [[P. Indra Reddy]] | | spouse = Late [[P. Indra Reddy]] | ||
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| residence = [[Hyderabad]], India | | residence = [[Hyderabad]], India | ||
| office4 = Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Maheshwaram]] | | office4 = Member of Legislative Assembly from [[Maheshwaram]] | ||
| termstart4 = | | termstart4 = 11 December 2018 | ||
| party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] | | party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] | ||
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] | | otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Patlolla Sabitha Indra Reddy''' is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of State for Education of Telangana, additionally Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from [[Maheshwaram (Assembly constituency)|Maheshwaram constituency]]. She Joined TRS Party in 2019.She became the first woman [[Home Minister]] of any Indian Government after the late CM [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] allocated that portfolio to her. | '''Patlolla Sabitha Indra Reddy''' is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of State for Education of Telangana, additionally Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from [[Maheshwaram (Assembly constituency)|Maheshwaram constituency]]. She Joined TRS Party in 2019. She became the first woman [[Home Minister]] of any Indian Government after the late CM [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]] allocated that portfolio to her. She is also the first women minister for Telangana.<ref name="toi-20090526">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sabita-reddy-to-be-first-woman-home-minister-of-andhra/articleshow/4579269.cms |title=Sabita Reddy to be first woman home minister of Andhra |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 May 2009 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> She has been a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of Andhra Pradesh for two terms from Chevella assembly constituency and two times for Maheshwaram constituency. | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Sabitha was born on 5 May 1963 at Tandur to G.Mahipal Reddy. She completed her education till B.Sc | {{Unreferenced section|date=July 2021}} | ||
Sabitha was born on 5 May 1963 at Tandur to G. Mahipal Reddy and Venkatamma. She is eldest of three siblings. She has a younger sister and a brother. She studied till middle school in Tandur and then moved to Hyderabad for higher education, she studied at Bhagya Memorial Girls High School at Chaderghat. She completed her education till B.Sc from Sri Vani Womens degree college, Hyderabad. | |||
She was married to [[P. Indra Reddy]] (1954–2000) who was the Home Minister in [[N. T. Rama Rao]]'s Cabinet | She was married to [[P. Indra Reddy]] (1954–2000) who was the Home Minister in [[N. T. Rama Rao]]'s Cabinet. She was married right after her education at a young age of 20 years. The couple has three sons. She met Indra Reddy through a relative when he was the Law College President at [[Osmania University]]. Indra Reddy was a very popular leader who carried a cult image in Telangana. After his demise in a road accident, Sabitha a widow at the age of 37 began to foray into politics. | ||
Coincidentally, Sabitha and Indra Reddy both have been Home Ministers for the State of Andhra Pradesh, making it the only couple in India to ever do so. To add on, Sabitha was also inculcated into [[K. Chandrashekar Rao]] cabinet as Education Minister for the state of [[Telangana]], a position also held by her husband in the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh. | |||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
Sabitha held the position of Mines and Geology Minister in the earlier government. | Sabitha held the position of Mines and Geology Minister in the earlier government.<ref name="toi-20090526" /> She was the first female Home Minister of a state in the nation.<ref name="Hindu27May2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/27/stories/2009052754580600.htm|title=Sabitha, first A.P. woman Home Minister|date=27 May 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/60CIalVi2?url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/27/stories/2009052754580600.htm|archivedate=15 July 2011}}</ref> She is an undefeated four time MLA. She was elected twice from [[Chevella]] and twice from [[Maheshwaram (Assembly constituency)|Maheshwaram]] after delimitation. | ||
In 2011, [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] arrested [[V. D. Rajagopal IAS|V. D. Rajagopal]] and [[Y. Srilakshmi IAS|Y. Srilakshmi]], as third and fourth accused respectively in the investigation into [[illegal mining]] by [[Obulapuram Mining Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sri-lakshmi-arrested-in-illegal-mining-case/article2669618.ece |title=Sri Lakshmi arrested in illegal mining case |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929093433/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sri-lakshmi-arrested-in-illegal-mining-case/article2669618.ece |archive-date=29 September 2013 |date=29 November 2011 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/rajagopal-has-role-in-benami-mining-cbi/article2713127.ece |title=Rajagopal has role in 'benami' mining: CBI |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929105706/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/rajagopal-has-role-in-benami-mining-cbi/article2713127.ece |archive-date=29 September 2013 |date=14 December 2011 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/srilakshmi-sent-to-chanchalguda-jail/article2678413.ece |title=Srilakshmi sent to Chanchalguda jail |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2 December 2011 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/rajagopal-sri-lakshmi-accused-of-fraud/article2654668.ece |title=Rajagopal, Sri Lakshmi accused of fraud |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929101110/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/rajagopal-sri-lakshmi-accused-of-fraud/article2654668.ece |archive-date=29 September 2013 |date=24 November 2011 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> The permission for mining in Anantapur was for captive mining, i.e. the ore mined in that region is to be used in the local steel plant and not to be exported. Srilakshmi is accused of dropping the term "captive mining" in the final order approving a mining license to Obulapuram. | |||
The CBI defended the Home minister saying there was no justification for the official to blame the Minister.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rahul |first=N. |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/cbi-defends-sabita/article2679567.ece |title=CBI defends Sabita |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929093723/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/cbi-defends-sabita/article2679567.ece |archive-date=29 September 2013 |date=2 December 2011 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> As of April 2013, Sabitha Indra Reddy submitted her resignation letter from the Cabinet after the CBI named her as an accused in the [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]] illegal investments case.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ragunathan |first1=Daya |last2=Srinivas |first2=N. Vamsi |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/130409/news-politics/article/cbi-names-sabita-jagan-dalmia-case |title=CBI names Sabita in Jagan-Dalmia case |newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204162114/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/130409/news-politics/article/cbi-names-sabita-jagan-dalmia-case |archive-date=4 December 2013 |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=12 July 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
==Sabitha in Elections== | |||
===2000 By-elections=== | |||
She was pushed into politics through this elections as her husband had passed away. In this election, she contested on a Congress ticket from [[Chevella]] MLA constituency against KLR who is an industrialist and politician. In this election, through her husband's name, the sympathy of his death and her commitment to work for the people she won the election with a whopping 29,909 votes majority.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jafri |first=Syed Amin |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/may/29ap1.htm |title=Cong, TDP pocket one seat each in by-polls |work=[[Rediff]] |date=29 May 2000 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
===2004 General elections=== | |||
This election, she showed her hard-working nature to her constituents. In this election, she beat the TDP candidate by bettering her previous margin from [[Chevella]]. This time she won with a majority of 41,585 votes. Consequently, YSR inculcated her into the Cabinet as Minister of Mines and Geology.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/chevella-andhra-pradesh-assembly-constituency |title=Chevella Assembly Constituency Election Result |work=Result University |date=15 May 2004 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
===2009 General elections=== | |||
This election happened just after the constituency delimitation. As a result of this, her bastion Chevella constituency was changed to be an SC-reserved constituency. This resulted in her changing her constituency to the newly formed [[Maheshwaram (Assembly constituency)]]. Though she moved few days prior to the election to the new constituency, she beat the local stalwart [[Teegala Krishna Reddy]] by a margin of 8000 votes. Thus, she became the first female Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh and a first female home minister to any state in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/maheshwaram-andhra-pradesh-assembly-constituency |title=Maheshwaram Assembly Constituency Election Result |work=Result University |date=14 November 2009 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
===2014 General elections=== | |||
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In 2014, Sabitha did not contest the elections though she was the favorite to win the seat from Maheshwaram. She was denied a Congress ticket as the [[Indian National Congress]] decided to give the ticket to only one member of the family. Her son [[Karthik Reddy]] contested from Chevella Parliamentary constituency and lost marginally to the then [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] Candidate. Many of her followers criticized the Congress Party as it was a hypocritical move, keeping in mind that [[Rahul Gandhi]] and [[Sonia Gandhi]] contest elections as a mother-son duo. | |||
===2018 General elections=== | |||
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After 4 years in the opposition and struggle for the Congress Party, Sabitha's good work was recognized by the constituents of the Maheshwaram Assembly. This time even the Congress Party gave her the ticket but at the cost of her son's ticket from [[Rajendranagar (Assembly constituency)]]. Instead, Karthik was promised the Chevella MP ticket by the Congress Party's 3-member committee (consisting of Bhaktha charandas, Ahmed Patel & D.K Shivakumar), which was not fulfilled later. However, they sacrificed one ticket and Sabitha won the election over sitting MLA Teegala Krishna Reddy by a margin of 9,227 votes. | |||
==Sabitha and Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy relations== | |||
YSR and Sabitha enjoyed a strong relationship and YSR often called her Chevella Chellamma, (which roughly translates to be the younger sister from the region of Chevella, in Telugu). This relation is well depicted in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] movie ''[[Yatra (2019 film)|Yatra]]'', where the role of sabitha was played by [[Suhasini Maniratnam]]. YSR launched every govt scheme from her constituency of Chevella and believed his younger sister to be a good luck charm. The prestigious [[padayatra]] (1600 km) was also started from Chevella. As a result, Sabitha walked along with YSR for almost 400 km in the Telangana region. YSR even brought the then Prime Minister of India [[Manmohan Singh]] to her constituency for launch of [[National Food For Work Programme]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/pm-launches-food-for-work-programme/articleshow/922272.cms |title=PM launches food for work programme |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=14 November 2004 |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||